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Combined Diet and Supplementation Therapy Resolves Alopecia Areata in a Paediatric Patient: A Case Study

Alopecia areata (AA) is a common autoimmune condition resulting in spot baldness and, rarely, more extensive hair loss. There is an association between both the incidence and the severity of AA and several micronutrients, including vitamin D and zinc. This case reports an eight-year-old male diagnos...

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Autor principal: Harvey, Cliff J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7721078/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33304703
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.11371
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description Alopecia areata (AA) is a common autoimmune condition resulting in spot baldness and, rarely, more extensive hair loss. There is an association between both the incidence and the severity of AA and several micronutrients, including vitamin D and zinc. This case reports an eight-year-old male diagnosed with AA and treated with a diet and supplemental regimen based on unrefined foods, rich in vitamins A and D, zinc, and supplemented with a multi-nutrient, zinc sulfate, and fish oil with vitamin D. Complete remission of AA was achieved within five months.
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spelling pubmed-77210782020-12-09 Combined Diet and Supplementation Therapy Resolves Alopecia Areata in a Paediatric Patient: A Case Study Harvey, Cliff J Cureus Pediatrics Alopecia areata (AA) is a common autoimmune condition resulting in spot baldness and, rarely, more extensive hair loss. There is an association between both the incidence and the severity of AA and several micronutrients, including vitamin D and zinc. This case reports an eight-year-old male diagnosed with AA and treated with a diet and supplemental regimen based on unrefined foods, rich in vitamins A and D, zinc, and supplemented with a multi-nutrient, zinc sulfate, and fish oil with vitamin D. Complete remission of AA was achieved within five months. Cureus 2020-11-07 /pmc/articles/PMC7721078/ /pubmed/33304703 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.11371 Text en Copyright © 2020, Harvey et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Combined Diet and Supplementation Therapy Resolves Alopecia Areata in a Paediatric Patient: A Case Study
title Combined Diet and Supplementation Therapy Resolves Alopecia Areata in a Paediatric Patient: A Case Study
title_full Combined Diet and Supplementation Therapy Resolves Alopecia Areata in a Paediatric Patient: A Case Study
title_fullStr Combined Diet and Supplementation Therapy Resolves Alopecia Areata in a Paediatric Patient: A Case Study
title_full_unstemmed Combined Diet and Supplementation Therapy Resolves Alopecia Areata in a Paediatric Patient: A Case Study
title_short Combined Diet and Supplementation Therapy Resolves Alopecia Areata in a Paediatric Patient: A Case Study
title_sort combined diet and supplementation therapy resolves alopecia areata in a paediatric patient: a case study
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7721078/
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